London, 1854 ~ Robert, Earl of Wentworth, isn’t a spy, and he never wants to be one, but when his brother is injured and needs his help stealing an important book from the Russian embassy, he can’t refuse. Antonia has lost everything. If she wants her life back, she...

Hi Marin! Thank you for being here at A Writer’s House. I’m very excited about your new release. Please tell us more about Secret Promise. Secret Promise tells the story of the long lost brother of the heroine in my first book, Stirring Up the Viscount. When he...

I’m home for a few weeks, which wasn’t the plan when I returned to the States in mid-October. I was supposed to be back in Korea by now, but you know what they say about the best laid plans…yeah. I’m actually not sure what’s going to happen at the moment. Back to...

I love fish out of water stories. It probably started when I read a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court back in elementary school. Time travel, some romance, medieval courts…who wouldn’t fall in love with that story! But since I’ve always felt like an outsider...

We’ve all heard phrases like “think out of the box” and “taking it to the next level” but actually achieving this task can be Herculean. There’s nothing like someone demanding creativity on the spot to make your creative juices pucker up. But I hate to admit that as...

Today’s post will be short and sweet. I’m approaching a self-imposed deadline and am trying to stay on track. But the roads are icy, let me tell you!! Back in April when I learned my first book would be published I set up a calendar for the year, set up daily, weekly...

When I started writing romance my genre of choice was historical. I always felt like I was born in the wrong time period and penning the historical novel with an ahead-of-her-time heroine really appealed to me. One of my favorite romances of my teen years was about a...

In 2014 I took the leap and left my full time job for the life of a contractor. I’d thought about it for years but was apprehensive about the necessity to network and find jobs. Then I realized how much networking I do as a writer and it became less daunting a task....

Those words have always had a specific meaning for me. The long-awaited for words I get to type at the end of a completed book. Recently they took on new meaning. My dad died on August 15th, my mom, brother and I standing near his bed as his last breath rattled from...